General Question

Is the SNL the worst it's ever been?

I’m trying to watch the latest episode with Jonah Hill. It’s pretty much unwatchable. Now, I watched it growing up in 90s with people like Mike Myers, Chris Farley and Adam Sandler. For me, it was great!

I’m trying figure out, does it just suck now or I am the one who is out of touch?

I always wondered why people liked SNL. I did tend to like MAD TV more, but I’m probably biased. It seems like no one really even laughs on SNL. A lot of the sketches aren’t funny, or are over people’s heads with the references.

I’ll usually tape it and fast forward through most of the skits if the premise is boring. I pretty much watch it for the news segment usually at 12:00 and the music acts.

The satire on current news is usually worth catching as it’s mostly the purview of head writer, Seth Myers, and I like his brand of cheerful snark.

The rest of it is usually forgettable unless they have a really talented guest host. (An example would be the brilliant collaboration of Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake on the ”**** in a box” song”.)

The occasional classics like that make it worth scheduling it to tape but unfortunately they’re few and far between.

My TV OnDemand service shows every year of SNL. Believe it or not, the early years really weren’t as golden as people’s sentimental memories. Yes, the show was original and innovative, and it had some wonderful moments, but there were plenty of dud segments and episodes. Chevy Chase hasn’t simply become unfunny as he’s aged; he really wasn’t very funny back then.

The worst host during that era? Jodie Foster. Everyone likes to forget this, because Jodie’s such a great actor and a movie icon, but at age 14 she did an abysmal hosting job. She was awkward, had no comedic timing, and flubbed most of her lines. It’s painful to watch.

Most skits are blahhh for me. Then there’s that one diamond in the rough that I find hilarious. Kristen Wiig and Rachel Dratch were my favorites from this era. Too bad they left. And Maya Rudolph was hilarious, too.